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Many of the people who advise me to emulate King oppose diversity, equity and inclusion — the principles King championed and Trump is erasing.

Economic inequality has grown to the level where it drives American society's contemporary centrifugal tendency. The ...

Shutterstock Walking the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail Mississippi was one of the epicenters of the civil rights struggle in ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many of you have never heard of it, COFO is an organization born in Mississippi, that was a crucial piece of the civil rights ...

For many years, Juanita Jackson Mitchell's law office sat on the corner of Druid Hill Avenue, the 1200 block. Dr. Hathaway says the street carries historical importance standing at the center of the ...

(Editor’s note: Due to NSFW language, we’ve chosen not to share video of Jackson’s response. For readers who would like to see it, the response can be viewed here.) It's Groundhog Day for ...

The prestigious GIANT Awards took center stage in Grand Rapids Saturday. The awards, established in 1983, recognize African ...

As Black Americans stand in the face of what might be a Civil Rights Movement 2.0, we celebrate our contemporary civil rights ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who introduced her as "Sister Kim Weston ... she cut for 2007's "We'll Never Turn Back," a concept ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who introduced her as "Sister ... Never Turn Back," a concept album of songs related to the civil rights movement produced by Ry Cooder. Like many spirituals, its words ...